Orton throws out the challenge for anyone to step up.
With Kevin Owens needing to undergo neck surgery, his scheduled match with Randy Orton at WWE WrestleMania 41 was scrapped.
Orton is now without an opponent and he showed up on the 4/18 Friday Night SmackDown. Orton expressed how much WrestleMania 41 means to him as it’ll be his 20th time competing at a WrestleMania.
He said he’s showing up on night two and is issuing an open challenge and anyone can step up. With Orton’s announcement, here’s the updated WrestleMania lineup:
Night One (April 19th)
- Triple Threat Match: Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins vs. CM Punk (w/ Paul Heyman)
- WWE Women’s Championship: Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Charlotte Flair
- WWE World Heavyweight Championship: GUNTHER (c) vs. Jey Uso
- WWE World Tag Team Championships: The War Raiders (Ivar & Erik) (c) vs. The New Day (Xavier Woods & Kofi Kingston)
- Rey Mysterio vs. El Grande Americano
- Naomi vs. Jade Cargill
- WWE United States Championship: L.A. Knight (c) vs. Jacob Fatu
Night Two (April 20th)
- Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. John Cena
- WWE Women’s World Championship — Triple Threat Match: IYO SKY (c) vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Bianca Belair
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez (c) vs. Lyra Valkyria & Bayley
- A.J. Styles vs. Logan Paul
- WWE Intercontinental Championship — Fatal 4-Way Match: Bron Breakker (c) vs. Finn Bálor vs. Penta vs. Dominik Mysterio
- Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest
- Randy Orton vs. TBA
